Professional
Experience:
Hayes worked at Lawrence North
High School teaching journalism, communications and photography from 2001 to
2005. He was also the faculty student newspaper and magazine adviser. Hayes was
assistant director for Ball State University’s High School Summer Journalism
Workshops from July 2002 to July 2005. He was an adjunct professor of
journalism for Ball State University from 2000 to 2004. He was the graphics
editor for The Business Journal in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1998 he
worked as the lead weekend sports designer and daily sports designer for The
News & Observer. From 1996 to 1998 he was the news & sports
designer and newsroom graphic artist for The News-Sentinel in Fort
Wayne, Ind. Prior to that, Hayes was a news designer and copy editor for The
Sun News in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Research/Creative/Publication
Career Highlights:
In 2011, Hayes received the
Journalism Education Association Teacher Inspiration Award. In that same year
the Indiana High School Press Association honored him with the Louis E.
Ingelhart Friend of Scholastic Journalism. He has been Journalism Alumni
Society President with four years of service recognition. He earned the Master
Journalism Educator status through the JEA in 2008. At Lawrence North High
School he was a Top 30 Honored Educator in 2002 and 2004. His students at
Lawrence North garnered an IHSPA Hoosier Star in 2005. In 2000, he was the
first Future Journalism Teacher Scholarship recipient from the JEA. Hayes also
earned an Award of Excellence from the Society for News Design from the
News-Sentinel in 1997.